Macbeth

Macbeth

1. Themes

   • Fate and Free Will
     • Mac Beth could have met the witches through free will but in the end he chose to act on the prophecys through his own free will
       • it was his choice to be a psyco
     • The propheys may also have come true not down to the witches magic or fate but the things macbeth did
   • Ambition
     • macbeth originaly wants to be thane of cawdor but his ambition pushes him futher and futher into the mess he makes whilst trying to satisfy his lust for power
     • macbeths wife shares the ambition and adds to macbeths power thurst
   • Gender
     • macbeth treats lady macbeth as an equal which was unusual for those times women were seen as weak and kind (too kind to kill king duncan) which is why she casts that weird spell to mak her more like a man
     • Lady macbeth forces macbeth to do what she wants by testing his manlyhood
   • the supernatural
     • is the dagger really his imagination or is it an apperition from the witches?
       • Are the weird sisters rreally witches or are they just people
         • Banquos ghost appears at the banquit; or does he it could all be in macbeths mind. his insanity clouds reality

2. Quotes

   • macbeth
     • If thought good why do i yeild the suggestion whos horrid image doth unfix my hair
       • this is a good one as it shows that macbeth knows the witches are bad; they make the hair on the back of his neck stand up and freak him out yet he continues to listen to what they have to say
   • lady macbeth
   • witches
     • "All hail Macbeth king hearafter"
     • "thou shalt get kings, though thou be none!"
   • other